Improved curtain-fixture



@sind i @tijm IMPROVED CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

and to the letters of reference m'arked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in a simple,

cheap, and durable curtain-fixture, whereby the curtain can be arranged at any height desired on the window.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains, to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, which forni a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a front View of a window with the lixture attached, and

Figure 2 is a side section.

A represents the window-casing, at the upper end of which, on each side, is a box, B.

These boxes have a circular hole, or recess, opening from the inside, and in these recesses is placed a roller, G, the journals to which have their bearings in the outside of the boxes B B', said roller G extending across the window at the top.

The ends of the rollerO, inside of the recesses in the boxes B B, are providedwith a ange, so as to prevent the cords D D from slipping oil' the same, said cords being secured to the ends of the roller, and passing Iout through a hole Vin the under side of the boxes B B.

To the ends of the cords D D, weights E E are attached.

roller C, between the boxes B B, and to the lower end of said curtain is secured a rod, I, the ends of which project beyond the sides of the curtain.

0n each side ofthe windowrand'at any desired point, hooks H H are placed. y

Then the curtain is drawn down, the ends ofthe rod I are placed under these hooks, which will thus hold the curtain down, and while the curtain is being unrolled from the roller C, the cords D D are being rolled up 011 the ends thereof.

When it is desiredto' roll up the curtain,` it is only necessary to release the ends of therod I from l,the hooks H H, and the weights E E will at once cause the curtain to be rolled up, by turning the roller C by the means of the cords D D ,unwinding Having thus fully described my invention,

IVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the boxesB B, flanged roller G, cords D D, weights E E, curtain F, rod I, and hooks H H, all arranged and operating substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim theforegoing, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 15th day of September, 1868. v Y ROBERT CASSADY. [L s.] Witnesses:

J AMES POWELL, 'LEOPOLD EvERT.

A curtain, F, is tacked or otherwise secured to the 

